Dongkyu Kim and Jacky Wang Lead Final Nine in the 2023 WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event

Dongkyu Kim

The nine-handed final table is set in the record-breaking 2023 WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City. Out of a field of 1,359 entries, six different countries will be represented when the champion is set to be crowned on Monday, August 21, 2023.

In cooperation with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club), the World Poker Tour stop of its new mid-stakes tour has been taking place for the second consecutive year in the capital of Taiwan and it has become a stunning success. The flagship Main Event with a buy-in of TWD 33,000 sailed past the $1 million guarantee and surpassed the previous biggest attendance for a WPT Prime Main Event (1,224 at the Gold Coast / Australia in February 2023) by a significant margin.

The biggest slice of the TWD 39,546,900 ($1,237,387) prize pool will be up for grabs on the final day and the winner can look forward to a top prize of TWD 6,319,800 ($197,741). Furthermore, the eventual champion also receives the $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas on top of his cash prize with travel and accommodation covered by the WPT.

Best-positioned for the big payday are Dongkyu Kim (8,375,000) and Jacky Wang (8,200,000), who will sit next to each other on the final table and are separated by a mere two big blinds. Third in chips is Yannick Leonard with 5,350,000, one of two European finalists alongside Guillem Segarra (1,175,000).

Final Table Seat Assignments

Seat 1: Feng Wen Chen (Taiwan) – 1,975,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: Jacky Wang (Singapore) – 8,200,000 (82 bb)
Seat 3: Dongkyu Kim (South Korea) – 8,375,000 (84 bb)
Seat 4: Tao Wei Chang (Taiwan) – 3,300,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5: Seonguk Huh (South Korea) – 4,125,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6: Seung Hun “Manny” Ko (South Korea) – 4,775,000 (48 bb)
Seat 7: Guillem Segarra (Spain) – 1,175,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: Tung Wing Wong (Hong Kong) – 2,500,000 (25 bb)
Seat 9: Yannick Leonard (France) – 5,350,000 (54 bb)

There are 50:25 left in level 27 at blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a big blind ante of 100,000. The final day is set to recommence at 11.30 a.m. local time and the WPT.com live reporting team will provide hand-for-hand coverage from start to finish. Furthermore, final table action will also be broadcasted on the Twitch channel of Taiwan’s CTP Club as well.

Remaining Payouts

1st Place: TWD 6,319,800 ($197,741)
2nd Place: TWD 4,212,000 ($131,790)
3rd Place: TWD 3,118,000 ($97,559)
4th Place: TWD 2,331,000 ($72,935)
5th Place: TWD 1,760,000 ($55,069)
6th Place: TWD 1,342,000 ($41,990)
7th Place: TWD 1,034,000 ($32,353)
8th Place: TWD 803,700 ($25,147)
9th Place: TWD 633,000 ($19,806)